Table 4.

Reported Potential Antitumor Activities of Herbs Involved in the Formula.

Activities	Source	Antitumor Spectrum	References
Saikosaponin	Radix Bupleuri	Breast, lung	22, 23
Paeoniflorin	Radix Paeoniae Alba	Gastric, lung, cervical, breast	24-27
Angelica	Angelica Sinensis	Colorectal	28
Curcumin	Radix Curcumae	Colorectal, breast, ovarian, lung, pancreatic, cervical, hepatocellular	20, 29-34
Curcumol	Radix Curcumae	Colorectal	35
Beta-Elemene	Radix Curcumae	Esophageal, ovarian, hepatocellular, kidney, lung	21, 36-39
Ligustrazine	Ligusticum Wallichii	Lung, breast	40, 41
Saponin	Actinidia valvata Dunn	Hepatocellular	18
Toosendanin	Melia Toosendan	Hepatocellular	19
Limonoids	Fructus Aurantii	Colon, breast, cervical	42-44
Artemisinin	Artemisia Carvifolia	Cervical, gastric, breast	45-47
Artesunate	Artemisia Carvifolia	Breast, hepatocellular, ovarian, gastric, esophageal, bladder, colorectal	48-54
Spatholobus suberectus	Caulis Spatholobi	Breast, lung	55, 56
Lobeline	Chinese Lobelia	Colon	57
Polysaccharides, Saponins	Radix Ranunculi Ternati	Gastric	58
Ursolic acid	Salvia Chinensis	Pancreatic, ovarian, gastric, lung, breast, prostate	59-64
Hedyotis diffusa water extract	Hedyotis diffusa	Breast, prostate, colorectal, bladder	65-68
Centipede extract	Centipede	Cervical	69